Again....there is no evidence that terrorists are plotting against aviation. Most of the nation's anti-terror focus is on aviation. There is plenty of analysis which states the next terrorist attack will be ground-based in a public venue - yet almost nothing is being done to prepare for that while our attention is still focused on the skies. While everyone continues to huddle in fear while pointing skyward, what will the response be when some nut detonates a few pounds of plastic explosives in a football stadium or shopping mall somewhere?[/QUOTE]


I have a feeling that you would not consent to a search before entering a stadium or shopping mall any more willingly than you do at the airport. As for no intelligence pointing toward another avaition attack, how many times must America or Americans be attacked before it is o.k. to start becoming proactive? None of the evidence in past attacks was identified and/or acted upon before the attacks. Should we not have police patrols because there is no evidence of a robbery at the bank? How about closing the fire department because there is no smoke in the neighborhood? While we are at it, there is no evidence that I will ever use 911 on my phone, so we should stop that program also. No evidence of a traffic accident on your way home? Cancel your auto insurance. This, of course, is being silly, but to defend the country only on evidence of what may or may not occur (despite was HAS or has not occurred) is just as silly. We have all of these programs not because of evidence of what may happen to you in the future, but because what HAS happened in the past. To allow the same mistake to happen twice is unforgivable. I am so tired of the American attitude of "we would rather die than to hurt someone's feelings". If we don't start changing, we just may.

Have a great day all!